Joel Embiid scored a season-high 51 factors and 12 rebounds because the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 127-113.
The 29-year-old is the primary NBA participant to attain greater than 30 factors and 10 rebounds in 12 consecutive video games since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 51 years in the past.
Abdul-Jabbar’s file stands at 16 video games for the Milwaukee Bucks in 1972.
Embiid, the NBA’s reigning Most Useful Participant, helped the Sixers to their seventh win in eight video games.
The Cameroonian scored 20 factors within the first half then accomplished the seventh 50-pointer of his profession and second of the season late within the fourth quarter.
It inflicted a primary loss in 5 video games on Western Convention leaders the Timberwolves.
“That is among the finest groups within the league and the very best within the West,” Embiid stated. “I am glad all people simply confirmed up.”
Embiid, the NBA’s high scorer, averaging 34.4 factors per sport, additionally grew to become the primary Sixers participant since Wilt Chamberlain in 1967 to attain greater than 40 factors and 10 rebounds in three consecutive video games.
Tyrese Maxey added 35 factors for the Sixers, forming a prolific partnership with Embiid.
“He [Embiid] does it each night time so persistently,” Maxey stated. “We count on it of him and he goes on the market and performs each single night time.”
Elsewhere, the Boston Celtics moved to 21-6 on the high of the Jap Convention with a 144-119 victory in opposition to the Sacramento Kings.
Jaylen Brown and Derrick White every scored 28 factors within the absence of high scorer and rebounder Jayson Tatum who has a sprained ankle.
The LA Clippers prolonged their win streak to 9 video games with a 120-111 victory in opposition to the Dallas Mavericks. Kawhi Leonard scored 30 factors and 10 rebounds for the Clippers.
In the meantime, two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic scored 31 factors and added 15 rebounds as reigning NBA champions the Denver Nuggets beat the Toronto Raptors 113-104.